fontconfig: use strong alias binding--- v1 PROPOSED

Juanjo Presa: 1
 fontconfig: use strong alias binding---

 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

[PATCH] fontconfig: use strong alias binding--- Export this patch

Hi Prot, I just discover your user fontconfig config is not strong
enough to replace some OS (NixOS) fontconfig defaults. I research the
problem and have found this solution. For reference:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1867659#p1867659

Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>

2 months ago

In that link, the poster notes:

    I don't quite understand the rules for binding myself, but it has
    worked for me in troubleshooting priority of alias rules.

As I also don't understand the extent of this change, I need some more
information on what the problem is and what this "strong" binding
entails.

Next

I hope you found the solution good enough to merge in your codebase.

Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>

2 months ago

I am happy to do this if it fixes some problem.

Juanjo Presa <juanjop@gmail.com>

2 months ago

By the way, maybe "strong" is a lot. I try with binding="same" and also
works.

I could also change my NixOS default font system-wide.  But I prefer to
keep the setting in my user space and let OS manage their default font
(DejaVu in this case).

Next

All the best,
Prot

Juanjo Presa <juanjop@gmail.com>

2 months ago

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Regards,

---
 fontconfig/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/60-latin.conf | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fontconfig/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/60-latin.conf b/fontconfig/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/60-latin.conf
index fc7278e0..4b6d02e9 100644
--- a/fontconfig/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/60-latin.conf
+++ b/fontconfig/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/60-latin.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <description>Set preferable fonts for Latin</description>
 
-  <alias>
+  <alias binding="strong">
     <family>serif</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>Noto Serif</family>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
     </default>
   </alias>
-  <alias>
+  <alias binding="strong">
     <family>sans-serif</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>FiraGO</family>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
     </default>
   </alias>
-  <alias>
+  <alias binding="strong">
     <family>monospace</family>
     <prefer>
       <!-- My custom build of Iosevka has a "wide" variant that I
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Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com>

2 months ago

Hello there!
> From: Juanjo Presa <juanjo.presa@nadanix.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 11:18:20 +0200
> 
> Hi Prot, I just discover your user fontconfig config is not strong
> enough to replace some OS (NixOS) fontconfig defaults.
What exactly is the issue you have encountered?  These have worked fine
for me on Debian and now on Arch (probably for more than 3 years).
Maybe Nix does something differently?  Or maybe some settings' daemon is
misbehaving?